Tyson Fury should face Francis Ngannou in a mixed rules bout where rules change between rounds, according to his former training partner Tom Aspinall.
The world heavyweight champions met in the ring after Fury's latest title defence against Dillian Whyte last month, and appeared to agree to a crossover fight which won't take place under standard boxing rules. Fury has said that he would be willing to wear MMA gloves which are less than half the size of boxing mitts, but maintain relatively standard boxing rules.
However, his pal Aspinall believes that he should use a similar ruleset to the one implemented in MMA legend Demetrious Johnson's recent mixed-rules fight with Muay Thai fighter Rodtang Jitmuangnon earlier this year in ONE Championship. There, rules changed from MMA to Muay-Thai between rounds, with Johnson winning in the second, or the first under MMA rules.
